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“He’s like 'Oh my gosh,' did you write this just for me.” “He loves it and he feels like he’s that character,” said Goff of Shatner. The romantic comedy focuses on Shatner’s character Victor, a retired pilot whose life goes into a tailspin after he loses his driver’s license, but then finds love in Jean Smart’s character. The script, written by Kurt Brungardt and Christopher Momenee, was originally written to take place in Florida, but Palm Springs, which also has a vibrant senior community, was ultimately selected. It also qualified for and received a SAG Diversity-in-Casting incentive because of the age range of its cast and varied ethnicities. The movie which also stars Christopher Lloyd, Esai Morales, Katrina Boden and Jean Smart, also has a diverse cast and will appeal to a wide audience. “This has a built in audience, the people that grew up going to movie theaters, they didn’t grow up watching Netflix, they grew up waking into the theater and eating the popcorn and there hasn’t been anything for them to watch,” said Goff. READ MORE: William Shatner, Christopher Lloyd in Palm Springs for movie She needs anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million for editing, sound, color correction and additional dialogue replacement among other post production items. So Goff is still in fundraising mode and needs investors to help get through the next step – editing the movie. he said 'Why don’t I kick in what you need just to get through the production,' ” she said. “I was fortunate enough to find an investor who was a huge William Shatner fan and he agreed to back his offer, which was a start but wasn’t enough. So Rancho Mirage producer Gina Goff jumped into action. With 11 features under her belt, she knows it's not everyday someone of Shatner's stature reads a script overnight and immediately says "Yes." In Shatner’s case, the 86-year-old was booked solid and the only availability he had was a four week period from April 24-May 20. The producer, whose job it is to pull the movie together, uses that time to raise money, find shooting locations, cast the rest of the movie and work on a time frame based on the actor’s availability. Typically after an actor has agreed to a movie, shooting is still a year or two down the road. Less than two months had passed from the time William Shatner read the script for “Senior Moment” in late February to when he started filming the movie in Palm Springs. Watch Video: William Shatner in "Senior Moment"
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